Our Mission
At NU-Housing Initiatives, our mission is to provide a safe, secure and supportive environment where clients, can improve their lives. We aim to plant seeds of trust and communication that are critical for developing partnerships between NU-Housing Initiatives and clients. NU-Housing Initiatives' mission is to provide temporary and permanent housing to the homeless and HIV/AIDS populations, workshops, mental health, substance/alcohol treatment, child care, HIV/AIDS prevention, social services to high incident adults, adolescents and at risk children.
Our second goal is to provide targeted social services that are readily accessible. Clients can use this to increase their capacity for self-care and equip them for the most appropriate level ofindependence. NU-Housing Initiatives staff composition include staff members who themselves are successful survivors of adversity. The survival skills and desire for success of these unique staff members make them especially equipped to reach out and establish important relationships with clients of comparable life histories.
Our third goal is to assist clients in moving forward with their lives. For some this will mean that they will go to work, begin to live independently and assume increased responsibility for their family, finances, housing stability and their overall future. Those clients who are the most difficult to serve due to related issues that cannot be resolved through the work of Nu-Housing are referred to the most appropriate community-based organizations to help facilitate and coordinate the needs of the clients. For all, the journeys will be distinctive and personalized.
Our contribution rests in helping to stabilize clients moving toward and in clearing pathways to resource options that are not presently accessible for a variety of reasons associated with the clients, the "system" and the culture.
